Probing user values in the home environment within a technology driven Smart Home project

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Haines, Victoria ^a   Mitchell, Val ^a   Cooper, Catherine ^a   Maguire, Martin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic environments; Photo study; Probes; Smart homes; Technology; User centred design; Values

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INNOVATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; PROBES; PROCESS DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; SMART HOME PROJECT; SMART HOMES; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

MODERNIZATION;

EID: 34249886576     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-006-0075-6     Document Type: Article

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